The state’s workforce commission says Louisiana set an employment record for the month of February. Scott Carwile has the story…

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The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says a boating accident in St. Tammany Parish has left one man dead and a woman missing. They say the boat capsized on the Pearl River. The operator of the boat, 41-year-old Terry O’Keefe, Jr., died in the accident. Crews are continuing to search for 31-year-old Jonie Morgan of Folsom. Morgan’s three children, ages four, six, and eight, who were also on the boat were rescued by a couple of boatmen who witnessed the accident.

New Orleans Representative Walt Leger proposes legislation that would use Gulf oil spill money for possible long-term financing for Louisiana colleges. The state is expected to receive billions of dollars from BP to pay for economic damage caused by the spill. Leger says there is no time table on when the BP issue will be resolved, but is confident that the state will be successful…

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Leger feels a trust fund should be set up for colleges from recovery money received from the 2010 disaster.

14-year-old Brandon Richardson, an 8th grade student from Buckeye High School in Deville has started an online petition to change the uniform policy in Rapides Parish. School leaders assert the current policy exists so that students can be easily identified on field trips. But Richardson feels if everyone looks alike it could cause problems in crisis situations…

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Currently students are essentially only allowed to wear navy or khaki bottoms and white collared shirts.